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lopping

verb

present participle of lop

as in pruning

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Control methods range from hand-picking pests and using baits to applying pesticides and pruning plants.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Harvesting mint regularly and pruning with the 1/3 rule will also help encourage new leaves to grow and keep flavor at its best.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 6 July 2026

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Conviction should not prevent an investor from trimming or exiting once the valuation has absorbed the catalyst.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
While some varieties will rebloom without deadheading, trimming fading flowers keeps the flower bed from looking tired.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 June 2026

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Leandro Trossard — Belgium/Arsenal (+11) Went from arguing with captain Youri Tielemans during the second hydration break against Senegal to clipping the ball onto his head for a dramatic equaliser that sent the match to extra time.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Ninety-five-year-old Warren Buffett is famous for clipping coupons and living in a modest Nebraska house, despite having $146 billion to his name.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2026

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In 2018, the DNC reformed its primaries on Sanders’s preferred terms, curtailing the role of superdelegates.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
Jin was detained with 17 other church leaders in October in one of China’s largest crackdowns on a single church in decades, raising worries over Beijing’s escalation in curtailing religious freedom.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

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This Brooklyn town house layers English textiles and plays with color drenching to maximize its tighter spaces but maintains its tidiness by paring back on decor.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2026
Those gains came even as semiconductors — the force behind many of the market's gains this year — faltered last week, with investors paring exposure to chipmakers and rotating into other sectors.

— Lee Ying Shan,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 5 July 2026

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Like GoDaddy, the image-editing functionality is basic but useful for small tasks like cropping and adjusting contrast.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026
Although some breeders recommend tail docking and ear cropping for medical reasons, these claims have not been substantiated; the procedures are purely aesthetic.

— Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026

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As scandals go, this doesn’t exactly rise to the level of News of the World hacking famous phones.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
The phone hacking scandal that began in the 1990s and continued for more than a decade gave Harry the opportunity to break with royal family tradition and take his case to court.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of hacking

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Grand Junction’s highs of around 104 degrees on Saturday and near 106 degrees on Sunday are nipping on the heels of the city’s all-time record of 107 degrees.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Of course, Qualcomm is also at Computex, and its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme could well be nipping at the N1X's heels before long.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 30 May 2026

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